Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.

Communism was a great system for making people equally poor - in fact, there was no better system in the world for that than communism. Capitalism made people unequally rich.

McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15.

I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we just look at India as a source of our talent. But, one thing we know... first or second generation or new immigrants or children of immigrants have started about 40% of the Fortune 500 companies. For me it's always been a really very important issue that I want America to be open to the most energetic and talented people from around the world.

My mother-in-law says if you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat. That if you are a part of the group that is doing well in this system, you owe it to yourself and to others to look out for them and make sure you are always building a ladder for others to join you.

What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job.

I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am.